October 19, 2008 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)		Conf		W-L		PTS		CP		HP		BCS		Last Week
1	<  1		Texas (65)		Big 12		7-0		1625		1		1		1		W 56-31 vs #11 Missouri
2	<  2		Alabama		SEC		7-0		1543		2		2		2		W 24-20 vs Mississippi
3	<  3		Penn State		Big Ten		8-0		1506		3		3		3		W 46-17 vs Michigan
4	<  4		Oklahoma		Big 12		6-1		1358		5		4		4		W 45-31 vs #16 Kansas
5	<  5		Florida		SEC		5-1		1307		7		6		10		DNP
6	<  6		USC		Pac-10		5-1		1292		4		5		5		W 69-0 at Washington State
7	<  8		Oklahoma State		Big 12		7-0		1252		8		8		6		W 34-6 vs Baylor
8	<  7		Texas Tech		Big 12		7-0		1194		6		7		8		W 43-25 at Texas A&M
9	<  10		Georgia		SEC		6-1		1117		9		9		7		W 24-14 vs #22 Vanderbilt
10	<  12		Ohio State		Big Ten		7-1		1053		10		10		9		W 45-7 at #20 Michigan State
11	<  13		LSU		SEC		5-1		987		11		11		13		W 24-17 at South Carolina
12	<  14		Utah		MWC		8-0		943		12		12		11		W 49-16 vs Colorado State
13	<  15		Boise State		WAC		6-0		849		13		13		12		W 27-7 vs Hawaii
14	<  19		South Florida		Big East		6-1		674		14		14		16		W 45-13 vs Syracuse
15	<  NR		TCU		MWC		7-1		643		15		15		14		W 32-7 vs #9 BYU
16	<  11		Missouri		Big 12		5-2		568		16		16		15		L 56-31 at #1 Texas
17	<  23		Pittsburgh		Big East		5-1		540		20		18		17		W 42-21 at Navy
18	<  9		BYU		MWC		6-1		412		17		17		21		L 32-7 at TCU
19	<  16		Kansas		Big 12		5-2		364		18		19		23		L 45-31 at #4 Oklahoma
20	<  24		Ball State		MAC		7-0		357		22		20		20		DNP
21	<  NR		Georgia Tech		ACC		6-1		338		21		22		18		W 21-17 at Clemson
22	<  NR		Tulsa		C-USA		7-0		321		19		21		19		W 77-35 vs UTEP
23	<  NR		Boston College		ACC		5-1		281		NR		24		NR		W 28-23 vs #17 Virginia Tech
24	<  NR		Florida State		ACC		5-1		190		23		23		25		W 26-17 at NC State
25	<  NR		Minnesota		Big Ten		6-1		149		25		25		24		DNP
NR	<  25		California		Pac-10
NR	<  20		Michigan State		Big Ten		6-2										L 45-7 vs #12 Ohio State
NR	<  18		North Carolina		ACC
	<		Northwestern		Big Ten										22
NR	<  22		Vanderbilt		SEC
NR	<  17		Virginia Tech		ACC
NR	<  21		Wake Forest (NC)		ACC

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Northwestern 62 (#22 in BCS), Virginia Tech 62, Vanderbilt 61, Michigan State 15, North Carolina 14, Kentucky 10, Maryland 10, Cincinnati 9, Oregon 8, Arizona 6, California 3, Oregon State 2

MILESTONES
- Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Tulsa are all ranked in the same AP Poll for the first time since the 11/12/1945 poll (899 polls).
- Georgia Tech makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 9/9/2007 poll (21 polls).
- Tulsa makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 1991 poll (278 polls).
- Minnesota makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 10/9/2005 poll (49 polls).
- Texas Tech's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 10.
- Ohio State's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 60.
- LSU's weekly Top 25 streak reaches 90.

NOTES
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- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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